White disk seen from Air France flight over northern Chesapeake Bay.
I was a passenger on an Air France flight from Amsterdam to Dulles Airport. I was sitting in the very last row, right hand side, window seat. We had entered USA airspace, and according to the monitors mounted in the passenger section we were between 11000-12000 feet altitude, descending towards DC. I was looking down, taking in the view (I've loved the window seat since a child). There were broken clouds below, perhaps 8000-10000 feet in altitude. I could see water and patches of land between the clouds. Suddenly, below the airplane, appeared a white disk. I was looking right down on it. It was travelling perpendicular to our direction of flight. It was clearly between the plane and the clouds. I would estimate that it was less than 500 feet below my vantage point. It was chalky white and had the appearance of an Alka-seltzer tablet. There were no markings that I could see, but I did notice two dark lines that came in from its outer edge to about a quarter of the way towards its center. The central portion was raised. It was moving very fast and did not appear interested in our plane. It's difficult to say how large it was, but as I've flown hundreds of times and have seen many other aircraft while in the air, I'd have to say that it was no more than fifty feet in diameter, and perhaps less. It was unlike anything I've ever seen before. Quite remarkable. No wings, exhaust, windows, markings, or lights. Since my flight was heading SW I'd have to say that it was heading SE, towards open water
I was a passenger on an Air France flight from Amsterdam to Dulles Airport. I was sitting in the very last row, right hand side, window seat. We had entered USA airspace, and according to the monitors mounted in the passenger section we were between 11000-12000 feet altitude, descending towards DC. I was looking down, taking in the view (I've loved the window seat since a child). There were broken clouds below, perhaps 8000-10000 feet in altitude. I could see water and patches of land between the clouds. Suddenly, below the airplane, appeared a white disk. I was looking right down on it. It was travelling perpendicular to our direction of flight. It was clearly between the plane and the clouds. I would estimate that it was less than 500 feet below my vantage point. It was chalky white and had the appearance of an Alka-seltzer tablet. There were no markings that I could see, but I did notice two dark lines that came in from its outer edge to about a quarter of the way towards its center. The central portion was raised. It was moving very fast and did not appear interested in our plane. It's difficult to say how large it was, but as I've flown hundreds of times and have seen many other aircraft while in the air, I'd have to say that it was no more than fifty feet in diameter, and perhaps less. It was unlike anything I've ever seen before. Quite remarkable. No wings, exhaust, windows, markings, or lights. Since my flight was heading SW I'd have to say that it was heading SE, towards open water
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Chesapeake Bay
USA
10 seconds
10 seconds
disk
MD
Occurred : 8/12/1999 16:00 (Entered as : 08/12/1999 16:00) Reported: 3/4/2005 6:02:32 PM 18:02 Posted: 4/16/2005 Location: Chesapeake Bay (northern), MD Shape: Disk Duration: 10 seconds
White disk seen from Air France flight over northern Chesapeake Bay.